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Ankur Agrawal

PartnerNew York

Ankur Agrawal

PartnerNew York

Focuses on counseling healthcare systems and pharmaceutical and medical-device companies on strategy and corporate-finance issues

Ankur is one of the leaders of the Healthcare Practice. He focuses on counseling healthcare systems and pharmaceutical and medical-device companies on strategy and corporate-finance issues. Ankur is the firm’s leading practitioner on healthcare M&A and performance transformations and has consistently directed M&A and finance capability-building efforts at many large healthcare companies. He has also authored articles on corporate finance topics in McKinsey on Finance and has presented his work at CFO roundtables in Toronto, Boston, and San Francisco.

Prior to his McKinsey experience, Ankur worked as vice president of finance at the New York-based start-up Gerson Lehrman Group—which received Series A and Series B funding from Bessemer Venture Partners/Silver Lake Partners—and as a president’s fellow at Harvard University.

As part of his course work at IRIM&EE, Ankur was designated a certified chartered engineer from the United Kingdom’s Engineering Council. He also received his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker scholar.

Published Work

Gen AI: A guide for CFOs,” McKinsey & Company, November 2023

Starting up as a new CFO,” McKinsey & Company, January 2023

Into the storm: CFOs pivot to managing financial headwinds,” McKinsey & Company, December 2022

Memo to public company CFOs: Private equity can show you how it’s done,” McKinsey & Company, November 2022

How can CFOs rebrand themselves as innovation allies?,” McKinsey & Company, July 2022

In conversation: The new CFO mandate,” McKinsey & Company, April 2022

Mastering change: The new CFO mandate,” McKinsey & Company, October 2021

Ensuring the health of your business partnerships,” McKinsey & Company, January 2021

Finance 2030: Four imperatives for the next decade,” McKinsey & Company, November 2020

Memo to the CFO: A new approach to 2021 budgeting starts now,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020

The one task the CFO should not delegate: Integrations,” McKinsey & Company, July 2020

No longer on autopilot: Lessons for CFOs from COVID-19,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020

CFO leadership in the COVID-19 crisis,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020

Checking the health of your business partnerships,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020

Planning for uncertainty: Performance management under COVID-19,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020

The SG&A imperative in times of crisis,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020

The PE company CFO: Essentials for success,” McKinsey & Company, May 2020

The CFO’s role in helping companies navigate the coronavirus crisis,” McKinsey & Company, March 2020

Bringing a real-world edge to forecasting,” McKinsey & Company, March 2020

Are today’s CFOs ready for tomorrow’s demands on finance?,” McKinsey & Company, December 2016

Building a better partnership between finance and strategy,” McKinsey & Company, October 2015

Past Experience

Gerson Lehrman Group
Vice president, finance

Education

Harvard University
MBA

Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, India
BTech, mechanical engineering and production engineering